SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The No. 56 University of San Diego women’s tennis team defeated Gonzaga 4-0 in the first round of the WCC Tournament Wednesday morning at the Barnes Tennis Center. The 4th seeded Toreros will face the No. 5 seed San Francisco, who beat No. 8 Portland 4-2, tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.

The Toreros took an early 1-0 lead after winning the doubles point. Laura Claus and Shani Blecher, who are the 68th ranked duo, got off to a slow start and found themselves down 4-0 to Gonzaga’s Katie Edwards and Kylie Peek. Claus and Blecher then rallied to win eight straight games to win 8-4 at the No. 1.

The Toreros wasted no time in singles, winning the first three singles matches in two sets to clinch the 4-0 victory. Senior Stephanie Hoffpauir finished first, winning 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 2 over Kylie Peek.

The freshmen, Shani Blecher and Marta Stojanovic would win the next two singles matches. Blecher won 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 3 and Stojanovic won 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 4. The remaining three singles matches went unfinished, however the Toreros had won the first set in all of them.

The Toreros will face San Francisco tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. The Toreros beat the Dons on the road earlier this season 4-3.

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